Brachystephanus postremus Simpson et al. 1962 (notoungulate)

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Oldfieldthomasiidae

Full reference: G. G. Simpson, J. L. Minoprio, and B. Patterson. 1962. The mammalian fauna of the Divisadero Largo Formation, Mendoza, Argentina. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 127(4):239-293

Belongs to Brachystephanus according to G. G. Simpson et al. 1962

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH 45946, a partial skull (associated partial skull and jaws with right I2-3, P2-4, M1-3, left P1-4, M1-3, right c1, p3-4, m1-3, left p3-4, m1-3). Its type locality is Divisadero Largo, which is in a Divisaderan terrestrial horizon in the Divisadero Largo Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Divisadero Largo

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